F109 - Santa Ana Mountains [Santiago Fm] (Eocene of the United States)

Also known as USGS#19000

Where: Orange County, California (33.8° N, 117.8° W: paleocoordinates 34.5° N, 103.7° W)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santiago Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Santiago Fm, which overlies the Silverado Fm (Paleocene) and is overlain by the Sespe and Vaqueros Fms (Eocene-E. Miocene). AGE: Middle Eocene, on the basis of molluscan and foraminiferal biostratigraphy; from the Ulatisian Stage of Mallory (1959), on the basis of benthic forams and the Discosaster sublodoensis nannoplankton zone (Poore, 1976).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, pebbly sandstone and lithified, concretionary siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Shallow marine environment.
• LITHOLOGY: Pebbly sandstone, conglomerate, sandstone and siltstone. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of facies description (in text).

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Kinney; reposited in the USGS

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

• COLLECTORS: D.M. Kinney. REPOSITORY: USGS.

Primary reference: J. E. Schoellhamer, J. G. Vedder, R. F. Yerkes and D. M. Kinney. 1981. Geology of the Northern Santa Ana Mountains, California. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 420(D):1-109 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/R. McClees-Funinan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 94827: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 29.03.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for mollusca and other macrofossil groups. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with relatively modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella cf. buwaldana Dickerson 1916 turret shell
 Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea cf. diegoana Conrad 1855 slipper shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Tejonia cf. lajollaensis" = Tejonia moragai
"Tejonia cf. lajollaensis" = Tejonia moragai Stewart 1927 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficopsis remondii Gabb 1864 fig shell
SUBSPECIES: Ficopsis remondii crescentensis
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
"Coalingodea tuberculiformis" = Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis
"Coalingodea tuberculiformis" = Phalium (Semicassis) tuberculiformis Gabb 1864 snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Pseudoperissolax cf. blakei Conrad 1855 murex snail
SUBSPECIES: Pseudoperissolax cf. blakei praeblakei
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus cf. remondii Gabb 1864 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Brachidontes cf. cowlitzensis Weaver and Van Winkle Palmer 1922 mussel
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Calpitaria) cf. campi Vokes 1939 venus clam
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellina cf. soledadensis Hanna 1927 tellin clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Nemocardium cf. linteum" = Nemocardium (Nemocardium) linteum Conrad 1855 cockle